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[Maximillian Liao]

ENGINE: XL 200
HEATSINKS: 10 (double)

Weapons:
2x Gaus Rifle (40 shells)
2x ER Large Laser

Drive this one if you are good in aiming.

48 pts alpha damage on 600m. Remind that you only can deal this twice in a row cause of the heat of the ERs, but when you hit its devastating.

Discussion opened

[ScrapIron Prime]

Not enough heat sinks to fire the ER Larges more than twice without shutting down. You'd be better off dropping to a single ER Large and adding Gauss ammo.

You also have the issue common to mechs with low 40's for speed... mechs over 90kph will tear you apart if they get to you. You can partly alleviate that by putting your back to a wall and using the great field of fire provided by your arm mounted gauss rifles to pick at them as they go by, but most times you will need help from a team mate or you're doomed.

[Pariah Devalis]

Then there is the XL engine in a wide mech issue. It is just too easy to blow out a phract's side torso, and with an XL you cannot even hide a damaged core behind a side. XL + phract or awesome = bad juju.

[Name140704]

Swap the lasers for 1 er PPC. Same Time on Target as Gauss

[Ryebear]

PPCs as of today have the same travel speed as Gauss (1200), tomorrow PPCs are schedule to get a boost to 2000, which will make 2 Guass/PPC a little unwieldily. Just a thought.

I'd recommend 1LL, 2 Gauss, all in arms then fill the torso energy hard points with mediums and some more heat sinks. You'll fair better against lights and have fewer heat issues.